Driver, 56, Loses Control, Dies In Wreck On Turnpike

NEWS IN BRIEF

August 25, 1999

YEEHAW JUNCTION - A Coconut Creek man died after losing control of his sport-utility truck while passing a car on Florida's Turnpike during a rainstorm, authorities said.

Michael O'Halloran, 56, had passed a car in the southbound lanes just before his 1998 Ford Explorer skidded into the shoulder, Florida Highway Patrol troopers said. He overcorrected to the left and then the right before the truck flipped over into the northbound lanes.

O'Halloran died in Sunday's 6 p.m. accident. His wife, Patricia O'Halloran, 56, who was in the front passenger seat, received minor injuries. She was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where she was treated and released, reports state.